Stephen Burge's Blog, page 115
August 6, 2015
The Drupal Ecosystem is Consolidating Rapidly (Again)
Back in 2012, there was a wave of mergers and acquisitions amongst Drupal agencies.
The most high-profile merger involved four different companies forming Wunderkraut, which now has around 170 team members.
There was also the Phase2 and Treehouse partnership, plus the merger of DrupalConnect and NorthStudio in Canada. And, although they were smaller deals, Acquia picked up Cyrve, Growing Venture Solutions, Drupal Scout and Mollom.
In 2012, acquisitions were so common that they became a community joke.
Fast forward to 2015, and we're seeing a second, much larger round of mergers and acquisitions:
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The most high-profile merger involved four different companies forming Wunderkraut, which now has around 170 team members.
There was also the Phase2 and Treehouse partnership, plus the merger of DrupalConnect and NorthStudio in Canada. And, although they were smaller deals, Acquia picked up Cyrve, Growing Venture Solutions, Drupal Scout and Mollom.
In 2012, acquisitions were so common that they became a community joke.
Fast forward to 2015, and we're seeing a second, much larger round of mergers and acquisitions:
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August 5, 2015
How to Set Up a Joomla Dropdown Menu
Many people want dropdown menus on their Joomla sites.
However, when you first install Joomla, there's a good chance that it won't have a dropdown menu available out-of-the-box.
To get a dropdown menu you need to make sure your template, menu links and modules are all working correctly.
If you have trouble getting your Joomla dropdown menu to work, follow these four steps ...
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However, when you first install Joomla, there's a good chance that it won't have a dropdown menu available out-of-the-box.
To get a dropdown menu you need to make sure your template, menu links and modules are all working correctly.
If you have trouble getting your Joomla dropdown menu to work, follow these four steps ...
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3 Videos to Get You Started with NextGen Gallery Plugin for WordPress
NextGEN Gallery is the most popular WordPress gallery plugin.
In fact, with over 12 million downloads, its one of the most popular WordPress plugins of all time.
In this post we're going to show you 3 videos on using NextGEN. These videos will show you how to install NextGEN, set up a gallery and then modify that gallery.
These videos are part of our complete NextGen Gallery class.
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In fact, with over 12 million downloads, its one of the most popular WordPress plugins of all time.
In this post we're going to show you 3 videos on using NextGEN. These videos will show you how to install NextGEN, set up a gallery and then modify that gallery.
These videos are part of our complete NextGen Gallery class.
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August 4, 2015
UkuuPeople: A Simple WordPress CRM
Most CRM systems are too complex.
Platforms like Salesforce can be enormously complex and have a step learning curve. CiviCRM is a very popular open source CRM, but it's as complex as many proprietary solutions.
Some CiviCRM developers have now teamed up with the goal of creating a simpler CRM. They've released a WordPress plugin called UkuuPeople.
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Platforms like Salesforce can be enormously complex and have a step learning curve. CiviCRM is a very popular open source CRM, but it's as complex as many proprietary solutions.
Some CiviCRM developers have now teamed up with the goal of creating a simpler CRM. They've released a WordPress plugin called UkuuPeople.
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August 3, 2015
Create a Juicebox Image Gallery in Drupal
Last week, two different OSTraining members asked me about using the Juicebox image gallery with Drupal.
To be honest, I had never heard of Juicebox, but the members said that it looked great and worked well. After testing Juicebox, I agree. It's a good option for people who want a basic image gallery in Drupal.
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To be honest, I had never heard of Juicebox, but the members said that it looked great and worked well. After testing Juicebox, I agree. It's a good option for people who want a basic image gallery in Drupal.
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"No front page content has been created yet" in Drupal
When you first load up a new Drupal site, the front page of your site show this message:
"No front page content has been created yet".
You can click "Add new content" and start writing. If you do that, your content will start to stack up, just like a stream of blog posts.
But what happens if you don't want a stream of blog posts for your frontpage? Here are several solutions.
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"No front page content has been created yet".
You can click "Add new content" and start writing. If you do that, your content will start to stack up, just like a stream of blog posts.
But what happens if you don't want a stream of blog posts for your frontpage? Here are several solutions.
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New Video Class: Speeding Up Your Drupal Site
Drupal is a fantastic CMS, but it can be slow if the site is complex or on a slow server. With Google's focus on site speed, this is a very important issue.
In this week's new class, "Speeding Up Your Drupal Site", Robert helps us get the most out of Drupal's power without sacrificing performance.
Robert explains the caching power of Drupal, and introduces you to several great modules to help speed up your site.
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In this week's new class, "Speeding Up Your Drupal Site", Robert helps us get the most out of Drupal's power without sacrificing performance.
Robert explains the caching power of Drupal, and introduces you to several great modules to help speed up your site.
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July 31, 2015
Image Optimization with WebResizer and ImageRecycle
One of the biggest factors to a slow page load is unoptimized image sizes. The bigger the image, the more time it takes the browser to load it.
This tutorial will show you the two free tools that I use to optimize images quickly.
These services will be useful whether you use WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or any other platform.
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This tutorial will show you the two free tools that I use to optimize images quickly.
These services will be useful whether you use WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or any other platform.
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Create a Different Joomla Design for Any Page
One of our users was wanting to have a different background for her site's home page.
Joomla does offer you several ways to customize individual pages.
This tutorial will introduce you to four Joomla options. Let's get started ...
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Joomla does offer you several ways to customize individual pages.
This tutorial will introduce you to four Joomla options. Let's get started ...
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Googlebot Cannot Access CSS and JS Files
Many website owners have recently received an email from Google with the title, "Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files".
It doesn't matter whether you're running WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or another platform entirely. Google has sent these emails to 100,000's of sites.
I'm going explain the issue that Google is complaining and how you can resolve it.
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It doesn't matter whether you're running WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or another platform entirely. Google has sent these emails to 100,000's of sites.
I'm going explain the issue that Google is complaining and how you can resolve it.
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